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was an observer in the first bit.... Jarod [from
"The Pretender"] was being chased by a
man. Before this man could catch up with him,
Jarod was cornered out in the woods by two cops
in a police car. The
dream jumped and I took the place of Jarod's
character but still retained some pretender
abilities... but I never used them. I shot both
the cops and took the car. The other man who had
been chasing Jarod took up the trail on me. I
didn't feel any remorse for shooting the cops,
but the dream did flash the fact that I was in
real trouble if I was caught. No shit.
The dream faded out a bit here
and, when it returned, I was at a huge train
station. All the trains were moving, but not
really going anywhere... I could hop onto one and
then turn and hop back onto one of the station
platforms. I suppose they could have been
circling around and through the station, but the
dream said they were leaving the station... it
was weird.
Anyway. If I could get on the
train, I'd be safe. However, the guy caught up
with me and hopped on as well. The train was
passing above another, so I jumped down onto it.
Wherever I went, the guy found a way to follow
me. I jumped off the train and onto the platform
so I could run for another train just leaving. I
jumped onto that train and, as the other guy
followed me, jumped onto the ground and ran into
the woods. That lost him for a little while, but
it wasn't long before he took up the chase again.
Not far into the woods, I came
to a... I'm not sure how to explain it... I'll
have to draw it sometime. It was a manor of
sorts. The closest way to explain what it looked
like is... a Victorian fantasy with a touch of
high gothic cathedral... in house form. It
belonged to the "Conductor" [aka owner
of the train station] and his daughter. I hid in
the manor but, of course, the Unnamed Guy
followed me... with the Conductor and another man
and lady in tow.
The daughter was an adult now
but, long ago, the Conductor had built her a
section of the house in scale for a child. I ran
up a spiral staircase [think tiny lighthouse
stairs] as I tried to figure out how to lose the
guy chasing me. I crawled through any window or
door that I could squeeze into.
The dream jumped and the man
who had arrived with the Unnamed Guy was standing
by me. The woman [I'm guessing it to be the
Conductor's daughter] was there as well. It was
hinted that the other man had pretender abilities
too... which are highly prized in the show. The
Center is always seeking another pretender to
control.
Finally, I was able to exit the
house and run down a couple wide stairs that led
to a wide path into the woods. The path led to a
circular stone mausoleum. I ran down to it and
was happy to see the doors unlocked. There were
three low circular walls that surrounded the main
structure inside. In each wall, were multiple
doors which led to the next wall. They were all
unlocked.
Suddenly, the guy [not the one
originally chasing me] appeared on the stairs. He
looked very sick... like he'd collapse at any
second. He stumbled toward the mausoleum. I
scrunched down where I was and hid. He came right
up to my hiding spot with vacant eyes. He took
one step closer and put his hand down... which
landed on top of my head. This seemed to snap him
out of it and he turned to look at me. "My
God... they are controlling me!" The Center
had trained him to hunt other pretenders.
We both went inside the main
structure. There were a bunch of old people
inside sitting at tables. I turned something at
the entrance to the room and it released a gas.
Everyone but the man and I were killed. We didn't
know what to do next, so we sat down at a table.
The old man sitting there was still struggling to
breathe. His eyes bugged out and he suddenly
looked very, very familiar [kinda like Gollum in
LotR]. He gasped out that we needed to turn the
urn in the center of the room... and then died.
The Conductor, woman, and other
man were on the trail again and were heading
towards the stairs that led into the woods. We
turned the urn and a section of the floor spun
out of the way to reveal stone steps leading
down.
The dream faded here and then
started up again. I was alone in the woods. There
was another guy trying to chase me. I had the
same gun from before and I shot him. I took his
jeep and drove to the road. I was suddenly at
school and driving around behind the main
dorms... but I never shifted out of first as I
drove up and around the hill.
The dream jumped again and I
was in a room. There were a few cops chasing me.
I was trapped. I didn't have the gun anymore, but
had a vcr tape that could be used as evidence
against me. I popped up one of the big white
ceiling tiles and threw it up there. I was trying
to fit it in place when I heard the cops climbing
the stairs up to the room.
My alarm went off.
End.
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